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Art Subject: Bride
5th Avenue Q
Located in PARIS, FR
"5th Avenue Q" by David Gerstein is a vibrant wall sculpture that captures the dynamic energy of New York City's iconic 5th Avenue. Using bold colors and layered shapes, Gerstein bri...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Rethinking It All
Located in Dallas, TX
This sculpture is cast and manipulated stone, fiberglass, iron, and casters.
Deborah Ballard is best known for conceiving of figures and groupings of figures who relate to one anoth...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Cast Stone, Iron
Late Gotic Relief "Adoration of the Magi"
Located in Wien, Wien
LATE GOTIC RELIEF “Adoration of the Magi
Lower Rhine
Around 1500
Oak wood, plastically carved
Original, polychrome version
Height 51 cm, widt...
Category
16th Century Gothic Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood, Oak
Dante Meets Virgil - Original Bronze Sculpture by P. Fazzini - Late 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Dante meets Virgil - Sculpture is a rare and magnificent artwork realized by the renowned sculptor Pericle Fazzini during the 20th century.
Bonded bronze high relief sculpture. Edi...
Category
Late 20th Century Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
RARE Judaica Brutalist Animal Holocaust Memorial Menorah Bronze Sculpture
By Mosheh Oved
Located in Surfside, FL
Moshe Oved (aka Edward Good) was a Polish-British, jeweler, artist, sculptor and Yiddish author and founder of the antique jewelry shop Cameo Corner. He le...
Category
Early 20th Century Aesthetic Movement Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Madonna with the Long Neck, Portrait, Carved Porcelain Wall Sculpture.
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Her poetic porcelain plates examine and reimagine the history of art in a way that values women not only in body, but in wholeness, power, and love. Focusing on the narrative quali...
Category
2010s Other Art Style Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Monumental Italian Rationalist Marble Sculptures of Young Athletes
Located in Rome, IT
This monumental pair of sculptures in "Bardiglio" marble represent Greek Athletes figure , on a cylindrical base . Exaltation of the male strength and beauty, inspired by the trend i...
Category
1960s Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble
Woman and Two Children, Asian Carved Jade Sculpture
Located in Long Island City, NY
Origin: Thai
Artist: Unknown
Title: Woman and Two Children
Medium: Jade Sculpture, (Nephrite)
Size: 21x10x4 in.
Category
20th Century Ming Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Precious Stone
19th century puppet figure demon red ornate gold mythological Indonesian
Located in Milwaukee, WI
This flat shadow puppet was created by an unknown Indonesian artist. This shadow puppet, 19" high, was used in Indonesian Wayang puppet shows.
Wayang (Krama Javanese: Ringgit ꦫꦶꦁꦒꦶꦠ꧀, "Shadow"), also known as Wajang, is a form of puppet theatre art found in Indonesia and other parts of Southeast Asia, wherein a dramatic story is told through shadows thrown by puppets and sometimes combined with human characters. The art form celebrates the Indonesian culture and artistic talent; its origins are traced to the spread of Hinduism in the medieval era and the arrival of leather-based puppet arts called Tholu bommalata from southern India.
Wayang refers to the entire dramatic show. Sometimes the leather puppet...
Category
19th Century Folk Art Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Leather
"Herself", Frederick Hart, Acrylic Female Sculpture, 17x16x6 in., 176/350, white
Located in Dallas, TX
"Herself" by Frederick Hart is an acrylic figurative sculpture of a woman's face numbered 176/350. Hart began to equate light and spirit, the medium itself conveying the meaning, bey...
Category
1980s Realist Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Resin, Acrylic Polymer
Antique Polychrome African Wood Carving from Igbo Nigeria
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
Antique Polychrome Wood Carving Igbo Nigeria Africa, Staff decorated with two figures, mounted as a finial on the shaft terminating in a triang...
Category
1910s Tribal Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood, Paint
Clio by Studio of Romanelli
Located in New Orleans, LA
Studio of Raffaello Romanelli
Early 20th Century Italian
Clio
Inscribed "Executé sous la Direction du Prof. Romanelli" (on base)
Marble
Clio, the muse of history from Greek mytho...
Category
Early 20th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble
Young girl from Bou-Saada
Located in PARIS, FR
Young girl from Bou-Saada
by Louis-Ernest BARRIAS (1841-1905)
Bronze sculpture with a nuanced dual patina
with blue enamelled jewels
Signed on the base " E. Barrias "
Cast by " Suss...
Category
Early 20th Century French School Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Untitled (ornate frame)
Located in New Orleans, LA
Dirk Staschke is a full time studio artist who is best known for his exploration of Dutch Vanitas still life themes in the medium of ceramics. His current body of work explores the s...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Pair Bronze Candlesticks Rancoulet Signature 19th Century France Sculpture
Located in Riva del Garda, IT
Ernest Rancoulet (Bordeaux 1842 - Bordeaux 1905)
Signature on reverse side ‘Rancoulet’
Pair of bronze candlesticks depicting winged cupids ‘Allegory of Autumn and Spring’
Gilt bron...
Category
19th Century Impressionist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Lotus - Spraycan Series
Located in Nottingham, GB
The iconic spraycan is ‘super-sized’ into a statement piece combining his traditional imagery with cutting edge techniques and materials.
The cans, only 10 of each worldwide, are ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Mixed Media
Girardon’s Equestrian Portrait of Louis XIV
Located in New Orleans, LA
King Louis XIV, one of France's greatest monarchs, sits confidently astride a prancing steed in this bronze equestrian statue. The extraordinary work is a reduction of the portrait of the Sun King by François Girardon, one of the most noted and influential sculptors of the period. Looking back to the great masterpieces of antiquity, Girardon took his inspiration from the seminal ancient Roman marble of Marcus Aurelius, now in the Musei Capitoline (Rome). Louis XIV is thus portrayed here as a conquering Roman hero, his costume adorned with many neoclassical motifs, hand outstretched in a gesture of command. The result is an imposing royal portrait of power and absolute authority that pays homage to one of the most important sovereigns in French history.
It was in 1685, at the very height of his rule, when Louis XIV commissioned the monumental bronze of himself from the great Girardon. As sculptor to the king, Girardon was a key figure in the decoration of the gardens at the Château de Versailles, and he was later commissioned to complete several important royal...
Category
19th Century Other Art Style Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Twelve limousine plaques depicting Saints, Apostles and Fathers of the Church
Located in Milano, IT
Extraordinary collection of 12 gilded copper plaques with glass paste eyes, originating in Limoges, France, and dating from the early 13th century. These fine plaques, each about six...
Category
15th Century and Earlier French School Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Copper
"Mother & Child", Frederick Hart, Acrylic Sculpture, 24x18x10 in., 43x150, white
Located in Dallas, TX
"Mother and Child" by Frederick Hart is an acrylic figurative sculpture of a woman and her baby numbered 43/150.
Inspired by the birth of his own child, Frederick Hart masterfully ce...
Category
1990s Realist Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Resin, Acrylic Polymer
La Mystérieuse
By Erté
Located in Greenwich, CT
La Mystérieuse was inspired by Erté’s design for a wedding gown published in Harper’s Bazar in 1923. Erté wrote, “The name comes from the effect of mystery of this exquisite outfit. The dress was designed to be in white crêpe embroidered with geometric designs in silver and adorned with snow-white ermine...
Category
20th Century Art Deco Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
$12,850
Panel in Scagliola Manifattura Carpigiana mid-17th century "St. Michael"
Located in Pistoia, IT
Carpi, mid-17th century, scagliola panel.
The panel, in black and white two-tone, features insertions of polychrome marbled elements and a central scene depicting St. Michael defeat...
Category
17th Century Baroque Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Slate
"Transcendent", Frederick Hart, Acrylic Sculpture, 19x11x9 in., 96/350, white
Located in Dallas, TX
"Transcendent" Dimensions: 19" x 11" x 9" Medium: Clear Acrylic Resin Edition 96/350
Frederick Hart's 1991 “Transcendent” lucite sculpture is imbued with a truly sublime presence. Female and male figures emerging from the Lucite seem to appear and disappear within the work. This ghostly effect is created through Hart’s unique process of embedment, which involves casting one acrylic work within another. It is a technique the artist patented in 1982, marking the end of a decade of constant experimentation and progression and the beginning of a period of precise refinement. Consistent with his unique poetic vision, the inner, emotional, intellectual, and spiritual forces dominate the work. Imbued with a distinct sense of grace, this piece is a testament to Hart’s remarkable technical abilities and devotion to the craft.
Frederick Hart's "Transcendent" is signed by the artist and includes a gallery certificate of authenticity. It is from an edition of 350 (+ 60 AP) and the current gallery retail price for the piece is over $40,000.
About Frederick Hart
As one of America’s greatest representational artists, Frederick Hart left a lasting and unique mark in the world of modern sculpture. Born in Atlanta, Georgia in 1943, he studied at the University of South Carolina and after protesting alongside black students during the Civil rights movement, he moved to Washington D.C. to continue his studies at the Corcoran School of Art. Fascinated with the human figure and the classical approach, he started developing his career in 1966 as a stone carver apprentice at the National Cathedral in Washington D.C. Leaving the Cathedral in 1971, Hart started his own studio practice but had little success in the first years. In 1974, he was awarded the project by the Cathedral to create a contemporary interpretation of The Creation, an event that would change his life. Soon, Hart’s career took a turn for the better, and in the upcoming decades, he rose to national prominence, becoming a government art advisor in 1985 and receiving the prestigious Henry Hering...
Category
1990s Realist Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Resin, Acrylic Polymer
Dancer with platform shoes
Located in PARIS, FR
"Dancer with platform shoes"
by Agathon LÉONARD (1841–1923)
Sculpture made in gilded bronze
Signed on the dress "A. Léonard Sclp"
Cast by Susse Frères (with founder stamp)
Stamped w...
Category
Early 1900s French School Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Composition with Mickey Mouse
By Paul Rousso
Located in Montreal, Quebec
A native of Charlotte, North Carolina, Paul Rousso attended the Cleveland Institute of Art in Ohio and went on to earn his BFA from the California College of the Arts in 1981. In his...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Polystyrene, Mixed Media
Gandharan Frieze with Scenes from the Life of Buddha
Located in Palm Desert, CA
A schist stone carving from 2nd/3rd Century Gandhara depicting scenes from the life of Buddha.
Provenance:
Spink and Sons LTD, 1985.
Category
15th Century and Earlier Other Art Style Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Stone
"Spirita", Frederick Hart, Acrylic Sculpture, 15x14x7 in., 330/350, white
Located in Dallas, TX
"Spirita" Dimensions: 15" x 14" x 7" Medium: Clear Acrylic Resin Edition of 350 Hart wanted to sculpt light, from which forms move in and out, that defined the very delicate sense of...
Category
1980s Realist Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Resin, Acrylic Polymer
Sitting Madonna
Located in Wien, Wien
Sitting Madonna
Central Italy/Tuscany or Marche
Around 1420
Poplar wood carved
Original version
Height 31 cm
Charming Madonna sculpture from the heyday of the Soft or International...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Gothic Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
$12,000
JOSEPH WITH THE CHILD
Located in Wien, Wien
Upper Italy
2nd half 12th century
Maple
Original version
Height 67 cm
Category
15th Century and Earlier Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
$88,000
Small Portrait Relief, "Sofonisba" 2022
Located in San Diego, CA
This is a one of a kind original portrait relief by southern California artist Mary Buckman. It is 10" x 8" x 1.5". It is unframed. A certificate of au...
Category
2010s Impressionist Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Stone
Antique Sculpture Female Moor Venice 19th Century Gold Italy
Located in Riva del Garda, IT
Antique sculpture of a female Moor with flowering cornucopia
Venice, 19th century
Carved, lacquered and gilded/silvered wood
Total height 202 cm (column base 82 cm, figure 120 cm)
...
Category
19th Century Old Masters Sculptures
Materials
Gold
Carl Kauba Bronze Figure of "Justitia" Seated Woman with Sword
By Carl Kauba
Located in Dallas, TX
Wonderful and rare original Carl Kauba (1865-1922) gilt bronze of a Lady with sword and law book titled "Justitia"
Signed: C Kauba and Geschutzt 4889.
Height: 10.7 Inches with mar...
Category
Early 1900s Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
$1,920 Sale Price
20% Off
Italian Marble Sculpture Statue of a Nude Beauty by Aristide Petrilli
Located in New York, NY
ARISTIDE PETRILLI
Italian, (1868-1930)
Flora (Allegory of Spring)
Signed Prof Pedrilli; Galleria Bazzanti Firenze
49 inches high (Statue); 32 3/4 x 19 1/4 inches (Pedestal)
Notes: Finely carved Italian carrara marble of a nude beauty signed Prof Petrilli...
Category
Late 19th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble
20th Century Terracotta French Sculpture Centrepiece Signed Flamand, 1920s
Located in Vicoforte, IT
French centerpiece from the first half of the 20th century. Finely chiseled terracotta object with masks (faces with different expressions, see photo) and figures of lateral cherubs ...
Category
1920s Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
Peace
Located in PARIS, FR
Peace
by Jules COUTAN (1848-1939)
Bronze sculpture with a dark brown patina
Signed on the base " Jules Coutan "
Cast by " Thiébaut Frères Fondeurs Paris " (with the foundry stamp)
P...
Category
Late 19th Century French School Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
$11,990
1900s Marble Relief Rondelle
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Hand-carved, white marble, relief medallion of famous Danish sculptor, Betel Thorvaldsen (1770-1844) who has an entire museum dedicated to his work in Copenhagen.
Category
Early 1900s Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Iron
Maiden with hat
Located in Roma, RM
Luigi Preatoni (Novara 1845 - ?), Maiden with hat
Marble bust 66 x 43 x 36 cm signed (L Preatoni) on edge of dress.
Category
Late 19th Century Academic Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble
Aparmita Statue 9 Inch with 24K Gold Handcrafted by Lost Wax Process
Located in TRUMBULL, CT
This statue is handcrafted by lost wax process which is one of the ancient process of metal craft. Aparmita is seated in "Padmasana" or lotus pose with two hands holding healing elix...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Other Art Style Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Copper
$592 Sale Price
20% Off
Fausto Biggi Romeo and Juliet Italian Marble Sculpture .
Located in New York, NY
Capturing a climactic moment from Shakespeare’s famed tragedy, this exquisite marble sculpture was created by acclaimed Italian sculptor Fausto Biggi in t...
Category
19th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble
Terracotta Pair of Busts Portrayed Ariadne and a Satyr Signed Lanzirotti 19th
Located in Roma, IT
The artist portrayed Ariadne and a satyr as busts in an ideal scene and there seems to be a relationship of complicity and trust which is also evident from the facial expressions.
Th...
Category
19th Century Other Art Style Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
Hombre
By Roberto Lisano
Located in Los Angeles, CA
ROBERTO LISANO
"HOMBRE"
WOOD, SIGNED
COSTA RICA, DATED 1995
13 X 11.5 INCHES
Roberto Lisano
Born 1951
Lizano in the work of the significance of the matter is ess...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Cubist Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
GUARDIAN ANGEL Figurative Decorative Sculpture
By Yasemin Aslan Bakiri
Located in Chicago, IL
Sand-cast glass, steel mesh, silver mesh, and metal.
60"H x 45"W x 20"D
Yasemin Aslan Bakiri specializes in sand-cast glass techniques using ideas relating to the natural world...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Metal, Steel
'Playing Sisters' original Shona stone sculpture signed by Colleen Madamombe
Located in Milwaukee, WI
'Playing Sisters' is an original black serpentine sculpture by the celebrated second generation Shona artist Colleen Madamombe. The sculpture presents a character common to Madamombe...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Stone
Allan Houser Marble Sculpture - Two Figures
By Allan Houser
Located in Phoenix, AZ
Wonderful sculpture of two figures by Native American artist Allan Houser (1914-1994).
The work is in excellent condition and measures 19 1/2"h x 12"w x 9"deep.
His signature is seen...
Category
Late 20th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble
COPPER BIRD LITTLE "IN MEE THE FLAME"
By Lesley Dill
Located in New York, NY
copper, wire and organza on metal armature
"In Mee the Flame" - John Donne
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Metal, Copper, Wire
Georges Van der Straeten "The Harpist" Bronze
Located in Astoria, NY
Georges Van der Straeten (Belgian, 1856-1941) "The Harpist" Patinated Bronze Sculpture, late 19th century, the elegant lady in a flowing dress holding a harp, on a square plinth sign...
Category
Late 19th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
"Indonesian Shadow Puppet Wayang Purwa, " Leather created in Indonesian
Located in Milwaukee, WI
This flat shadow puppet was created by an unknown Indonesian artist using water buffalo hide. This shadow puppet, 18 1/2" high with movable arms, was use...
Category
19th Century Folk Art Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Animal Skin, Leather
"King with Two Tribesmen Nigeria- Benin Tribe, " a Bronze Relief Sculpture
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"King with Two Tribesmen" is a bronze relief sculpture from the Nigeria-Benin area tribe. It depicts three figures: two tribesmen on the left a...
Category
Early 20th Century Other Art Style Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
LARGE ITALIAN RENAISSANCE MARBLE CAPITAL, 15th/16th Century
Located in Milan, IT
LARGE ITALIAN RENAISSANCE MARBLE CAPITAL
Florence, 15th/16th Century
marble
38 x 47 x 47 cm
15 x 18 1/2 x 18 1/2 in
Category
16th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble
"The Girls" Limestone Caryatid Pair
Located in Austin, TX
By Bob Ragan
Two Indiana Limestone caryatid sculptures
Dimensions and Weight for each: 73" x 21.5" x 20.3", 2000 lbs
About the Artist:
Bob Ragan is...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Limestone
The Lily
Located in PARIS, FR
The Lily
by Auguste CLESINGER (1814-1883)
Outstanding bust sculpted in white Carrara marble
Signed on the ribbon " J. Clésinger, 1871 "
Presented on a rounded white marble base
France
1871
height 76,5 cm
width 48 cm
depth 35 cm
Noted in "Clésinger – Sa vie, ses œuvres - Le catalogue de ses œuvres", A. Estignard, Librairie H. Floury, Paris, 1900, p.169.
Biography :
Jean-Baptiste Auguste Clésinger, known as Auguste Clésinger (1814-1883), was a French romantic sculptor. His father, Georges-Philippe Clésinger, himself a sculptor, trained him at the School of Fine Arts in Besançon where he was a teacher. Auguste also studied sculpture under the direction of Bertel Thorwaldsen...
Category
1870s French School Nude Sculptures
Materials
Marble
Neoclassical Cupid Holding Fish Patinaed Bronze Fountain Sculpture
Located in Houston, TX
Bronze fountain sculpture of Cupid hold a fish. This beautiful bronze sculpture features intricate details and has a nice natural patina.
Category
Mid-20th Century Academic Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
"Unit 02" Layered and cut dimensional collage inspired by medical illustrations
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This layered artwork titled "Unit 02" is an original artwork by Alex Eckman-Lawn made of hand-cut paper and layered to create a dimensional illusion. This piece measures 8.75"h x 8.7...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Archival Paper
Rosenthal Porcelain Ballerina Sybille Spalinger Figurine Model 1772
Located in Firenze, IT
Ballet Dancer. Rosenthal Selb Porcelain Manufactory. Model 1772
Porcelain figurine representing the ballet dancer Sybille Spalinger, made by the Rosenthal Art Department (Kunstabtei...
Category
1940s Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
La Posada
Located in PARIS, FR
La Posada
by François-Rupert CARABIN (1862-1932)
A bronze group with a silvered patina
Signed on the base "R. Carabin"
Old cast
Numbered "5"
France
circa 1901
height 24 cm
length ...
Category
Early 1900s French School Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Damien Hirst - Abacus, hirst, skull, silver, sculpture, contemporary art
By Damien Hirst
Located in London, GB
Damien Hirst (b.1965)
Abacus - The Dream is Dead
2007
silver
14.5 x 14 x 21 cm
incised, titled and numbered ‘Abacus Damien Hirst The Dream is dead 2/12’ (on the verso)
edition 2/12
Price:
$85,000 USD
Provenance:
White Cube, London
Private collection, New York
Sale: Christie’s London, 29 June 2011, lot 114
Private collection, London (acquired at the above sale)
Notes:
‘I remember I was thinking that there were four important things in life: religion, love, art and science. At their best, they’re all just tools to help you find a path through the darkness. None of them really work that well, but they help. Of them all, science seems to be the one right now. Like religion, it provides the glimmer of hope that maybe it will be all right in the end.’ (D. Hirst, quoted in conversation with S. O’Hagan in New Religion Damien Hirst, exh. cat., British
Council, London, 2006, p. 5)
Born in 1965 in Bristol, Hirst grew up in Leeds and subsequently went to Goldsmith's College in London. Between 1988 and 1990 he curated a series of exhibitions of work by his contemporaries including the highly acclaimed group shows Freeze, Modern Medicine and Gambler.
In his own work Hirst has continually challenged the boundaries between art, science, the media and popular culture. A 12-foot tiger shark, a cow and her calf sawn in two, pharmaceutical bottles...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Silver
Bassorilievo figurativo religioso in stucco italiano del XIX secolo.
Located in Florence, IT
Bassorilievo in stucco con preziosa cornice originale in legno, 62,5x50 cm.
Sul retro del bassorilievo è presente un’etichetta con un’iscrizione in francese che, per quanto lacunosa...
Category
1810s Mannerist Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood, Chalk
Broadway's in Fashion
By Erté
Located in Greenwich, CT
Erté, considered by many as the “Father of Art Deco,” often acknowledged that his love for the theater was a great source of creativity and inspiration. He conveyed in his art a drama with which he lived his life – a dream that came from the very innermost expression of his soul. Just like theater has two faces - comedy and tragedy - Erté was a brilliant showman, as well as a quiet man who sometimes would prefer to be left alone. From a young age, he was immersed in the world of opera, ballet, and theater. When he designed costumes and sets for theatrical productions, it was a lifelong desire that he was fulfilling.
“Broadway’s in Fashion” is a fitting tribute to the legendary Broadway from a man who pursued the theatrical in everything he did. In 1978, Erté was honored by the Eugene O’Neill Foundation at a gala celebration in New York entitled “Broadway’s in Fashion” for which Erté designed the poster. This led to a CBS-TV film on Erté narrated by the legendary Diana Vreeland, and an exhibition of his costume designs at the Boston Center of the Arts. This sculpture, in scarlet and black, with white gold embellishments, incorporates the elements for which Broadway is best known. Her elegant and confident posture reveals her costume, which is itself an homage to Broadway – the scarlet robe with gold tassels evokes the stage curtain as it rises to reveal the first act, the male and female dancers, energetically giving their all for each performance, and the Greek masks of comedy and tragedy...
Category
20th Century Art Deco Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Standing Engel
Located in Wien, Wien
Standing angel with banner
Flemish
Around 1450/60
Sandstone
60 x 21 x 15 cm
This museum figurine shows a standing angel with a banner in his right hand and a small box in his left. The youthful, ageless figure wears a coat held together with a triangular, floral brooch in front of the chest over a long robe. The angel’s gaze is directed forward, his head tilted slightly to the left. The elongated face is sculpted: the large almond-shaped eyes with accentuated upper and lower eyelids are alertly open and sharp eyebrows lead directly into the root of the nose. The straight nose above the pronounced mouth completes the idealized oval face of the angel and his calm, internalized facial expression. What is particularly remarkable, however, is the magnificent curls, which are only partially tamed by a simple headband. As if puffed up by the wind, the hair, which is sometimes streaked in parallel, sometimes wildly twisted and richly curled, stands out dynamically from the ears. The tilted head with these sideways protruding waves of hair thus conveys an immediate impression of movement. The physicality of the sculpture is expressed particularly through this organic, lifelike movement of the loosened hair.
The lively overall impression of the figure is further enhanced by the multiple rolled banners that the angel presents to the viewer. The outstretched palm of the right hand appears both intimate and confidential as well as mystically revealing. This banderole winds in gentle curves in front of the figure’s body, throws a fold over the second attribute in the angel’s left hand and falls downwards in a loose manner. The volute-shaped rolled up end of the banner clearly shows the fine texture of the banner and at the same time draws the viewer’s attention to the small cube-shaped box that the angel is holding in its slender, long-limbed fingers. The cube is decorated with a Gothic quatrefoil motif, which is often seen in the architectural tracery of windows, but was also often used to decorate caskets and other small treasures. The sweeping gestures in the presentation of the attributes suggest three-dimensionality, in contrast to the tubular folds at the base of the neck and the intricate draperies in flat and multiple overlapping garment sections. The soft curves of the folds give the impression that the clothing is made of a heavy fabric that falls diagonally down the front and is laid in several bowl folds under the right hand.
Overall, the sculptural work testifies to the highest artistic skill, which emphasizes the virtuosity of sculpture in its precious and representative overall impression. The memorable characteristics recognizable here can be seen in comparable pictorial works from Utrecht around the middle of the 15th century, when sculptural art – especially stone sculpture – was characterized by a remarkably high quality. Particularly noteworthy is the accentuated Utrecht head type with an elongated oval face, almond-shaped eyes with heavy lids and dense, vividly protruding tufts of hair framing the head. For example, the figure is comparable to a capital of an angel on the east side of the rood screen of the Joriskerk in Amersfoort (province of Utrecht) from the second quarter of the 15th century. Not only the physiognomy and hair, which in the comparative example stand somewhat more horizontally to one side, but also the garment puff above the girdle are similar. Even more related motifs, such as the cleverly placed bowl folds, can be found on the limestone figure...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Sandstone
$28,800
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By Denny Haskew
Located in Loveland, CO
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Figurative Bronze/Paraffin Wax
11x14x14" Ed/15 2015
Female and Male Nudes 5 figures total
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Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
A Rare Italian White Marble Relief of "Young Saint John the Baptist" circa 1860
Located in New York, NY
A Rare Italian White Marble Relief of "Young Saint John the Baptist" circa 1860 after Desiderio Da Settignano.
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Category
19th Century Renaissance Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble
$15,750 Sale Price
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